Neal 1,787 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 I'm sure I heard somewhere once (possibly QI?) that graves with angels etc which appear to be broken are intended to signify a person dying too young e.g. child graves etc. On a slightly different note, I remember seeing one (I think it may have been in Ann's Hill Cemetery in Gosport where I grew up) of an angel with one hand up beckoning. All but one of the fingers had been snapped (or so I always presumed) so it looked as though the angel was giving the finger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 5,972 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 12 hours ago, mackem said: Memorials to the annapurna 2014 avalanche/snowstorm and climbers who died. Trust you to beat Karl marx at Highgate! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,610 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 (edited) Jay's Grave near Hound Tor Dartmoor. Said to be the Grave of Kitty Jay a poor girl who was made pregnant by the Farmer or Farmer Son and committed suicide. The Story and Songs about Kitty Jay. Jay’s Grave: legend, fact and fiction WEARESOUTHDEVON.COM Jay's Grave: legend, fact and fiction - Cheers Arry Edited January 27 by Arry 8 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,377 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 16 hours ago, saluki bouy said: Took a while to track it down seen it years ago catholic and Protestant man and wife in Holland I’m sures the is back story Pretty simple .. he's in the protestant side of the graveyard she's in the catholic side .. he asked to be buried next to the wall and so did she then someone built the headstones . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,377 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Belfast city cemetery has an underground wall to separate the catholic side from the protestant side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saluki bouy 635 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 9 hours ago, Chid said: Belfast city cemetery has an underground wall to separate the catholic side from the protestant side thanks chid for that mate very interesting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,664 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 (edited) Went to Reykjavik years ago specifically to see this as he was a bit of an icon to me as a young man.....quite an eerie place,beautiful scenery and freezing cold of course but just seemed an air of sadness still years after his death. Edited March 19 by gnasher16 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,664 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 On 20/01/2024 at 16:47, tatsblisters said: What's the one called were Bobby Moore is buried mate. I can't for the life of me remember what they called it but i was impressed with how well it was kept but that was about 13 years ago. His ashes are in the Memorial Gardens at the City of London Crematorium mate.......nothing flash just a small modest little grave under a tree with his parents......was only over there a few weeks ago,bit of a sad case i know but i still put some flowers down every Feb 24th i just adored the man 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 11 minutes ago, gnasher16 said: Went to Reykjavik years ago specifically to see this as he was a bit of an icon to me as a young man.....quite an eerie place,beautiful scenery and freezing cold of course but just seemed an air of sadness still years after Jon Palls death. Remember watching Jon pall sigmarson in wsm as a teenager.viking power.. Interesting few lines here about the strength of the Icelandic men.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,880 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 57 minutes ago, king said: Remember watching Jon pall sigmarson in wsm as a teenager.viking power.. Interesting few lines here about the strength of the Icelandic men.. Lancashire is very similar 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,664 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, DIDO.1 said: Lancashire is very similar To be fair you can see a likeness between Jon Pall Sigmarsson and Peter Kay. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,221 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Little jons at hathersidge good for a few runs as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,822 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 13 hours ago, king said: Remember watching Jon pall sigmarson in wsm as a teenager.viking power.. Interesting few lines here about the strength of the Icelandic men.. Iceland and the far north of Canada are the same lat,the Canadian winters are far harsher,but the average First Nations (Eskimo)male is small and certainly not heavily muscled so bigger stronger males able to survive in extreme environments and breeding a race of bigger and stronger humans doesn’t seen true? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 7,950 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 13 hours ago, gnasher16 said: His ashes are in the Memorial Gardens at the City of London Crematorium mate.......nothing flash just a small modest little grave under a tree with his parents......was only over there a few weeks ago,bit of a sad case i know but i still put some flowers down every Feb 24th i just adored the man I was impressed with how well kept the graveyard was kept and the Chapel. A graveyard near me has to be kept tidy by volunteers as the council would sooner spend money on cleaning up after the Roma Slovaks who have turned a nearby housing area into a rubbish torn shithole. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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